Porsche Taycan Complaints

178 consumer complaints on file.

#11478622August 10, 2022
POWER TRAIN
While the vehicle is in both Drive and reverse, the car randomly will shift itself into either neutral or park without warning. The first event occurred while in reverse and actively moving, the car shifted into neutral on its own. No warning lights or messages appeared. The following 2 incidents, while driving on city streets, at a stop sign in one instance and at a stop light in the other, the car shifted into park within seconds of the vehicle coming to a stop. Also, no warning lights or messages occurred. I have contacted my local Porsche dealer to see if there was any service bulletins or a know fix, and was informed that by the service advisor, that she believes this is normal operation because she has heard of it happening. This situation has been dangerous each time it has happened, as I was in traffic, and unaware that my vehicle no longer in gear until I tried to accelerate, and my car was unresponsive. I can’t imagine how your vehicle not being in the gear you put it in, is not a safety concern. I also fear that the vehicle may go into park while at highway speeds, and be catastrophic.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11477194August 2, 2022
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT
My 2022 Taycan does not show to be one included in the electrical issue recall, however I am experiencing the center screen going dark while driving. Only had the car a little over a week, and it has happen twice, both times on the freeway. Not going slow or stopping, about 60-70MPH. went off for about 20-30 seconds then came back on.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11476728July 31, 2022
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Driving at night at ~72 mph on a 65 mph divided highway with no traffic nearby the Collision Warning message appeared on the dash and the car noticeably slowed perhaps 5-10 mph. Then the msg cleared itself and the trip was completed otherwise uneventfully.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11476620July 29, 2022
SERVICE BRAKES
There was a different amount of pressure needed to apply to the break when at lower speeds vs higher speeds. At lower speeds there was less responsiveness to the breaks and more pressure was required to stop the car. We brought the car to the dealer and dealer reported the car was fine. The problem persisted and an error message came on that said "break fluid low- bring to dealer". The car was brought into dealer again and the dealer flushed the break system and put new fluid in. The problem continued to persist and the dealer replaced the break booster fixing this issue. Our safety was at risk because the breaks were malfunctioning.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11476612July 29, 2022
POWER TRAIN
The car shifted from drive to park twice within a 10 minute drive unexpectedly. Both times occurred while driving under 5 mph and stopped at a traffic light. This is a brand new car with less than 2000 mi on it.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11476601July 29, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:CHARGING:CABLE/CORD:ACCESSORY
While charging was in progress using Porsche's app at a charging station of Electrify America, the charging process suddenly stopped, when I switched from the app to an email app. And since the charging station displayed "Please unplug", I was unplugging a charging cable from a Taycan's charging port, then there was an explosion at the port with an ear-splitting bang and a large spark. The car dashboard then displayed "Electrical system error" and was totally unmovable, so it was towed to a dealer on 6/18/2022. The dealer contacted the manufacturer, but the car is still not repaired even though 40+ days have passed, which is unreasonable. I found the below article and suspect whether it's related with the "inexpensive onboard charger": - An excerpt from: https://www.teslarati.com/porsche-whistleblower-taycan-battery-charger-fires-coverup/ "Porsche uses an inexpensive onboard charger that does not control the process well, the whistleblower explained to me in detail. Fires have occurred in the Taycan battery, the source explained, due to the problem described."
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11472838July 7, 2022
STEERING, POWER TRAIN
When the car was in Drive (D) mode but stationary at a red light, it abruptly went in to park (P) without any user intervention. Had to reengage the drive mode to move forward. Problem has occurred at least twice before (months apart) without any reproducibility. I did bring it to the dealer once but they did not find any abnormal logs. Latest occurrence on 7/6/2022 at approximately 6:15 PM Lost power steering assist completely in my driveway while backing out of the garage in reverse mode. No warning signs on the cluster. Could not turn the car. Only way to get power steering assist back was to turn off the car completely, wait for 10 seconds and turn it back on again. Incident happened on 7/7/2022 at 7:45 AM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11472637July 6, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
November 27,2021 Electrical System Failure . Car was parked in a parking lot . RED system failure error . After 30 minutes the car started and I drove it to Town Motors Porsche , Englewood NJ (purchase dealer). They had car for ~ 3 weeks and "everything is fine." July 6th 2022: Identical Electrical Systems failure . Again while car was parked in my garage . Car started on its own several hours later . Drove car to Town Englewood Porsche , Englewood NJ . The car is clearly unsafe and I do not feel comfortable driving this car. I do NOT want to be the first casualty because it fails on a highway . Porsche needs to take ownership . Taycan forum online clearly show that this is an issue with this car .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11466650May 30, 2022
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
The vehicle shuts down when stopped in traffic, have to try and re-start it. Has happened 3 different times.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11465064May 17, 2022
POWER TRAIN
Car would go in to P or N during slow moving situations. Could of been rear ended or stuck in the middle of a intersection. Many Taycan owners have had the same issue. First time I was in stop and go traffic, as I let off the brake the car went into N. Second time after a few lights, car was in hold. Noticed the car did not go when light turned green when giving power. It was at P.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11465038May 17, 2022
POWER TRAIN
Car went from drive to neutral without any input from the driver. Occurred at a stop light when the car was static.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11464901May 16, 2022
POWER TRAIN
Multiple times, after coming to a full stop, the car has silently shifted from D to N or P. I often only notice once I want to drive off again, and am unable to. It happened the first time after only around 100 miles, now with over 3500 miles on the car it still happens from time to time.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11464895May 16, 2022
POWER TRAIN
Car shifted into park unexpectedly mutiple times. First was pulling into a parking spot, going about 2mph and car jolted to a halt, noticed it was in park. Second time I was already stopped, waiting at a red light. Car shifted into park. Both times I was able to put car into drive and resume my driving.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11464523May 13, 2022
POWER TRAIN
At low speeds the vehicle removed itself from drive D and shifted into neutral N. The vehicle started jerking forward and back while still moving. Once I put it back in drive it went away. No one was behind me so no accident resulted.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11464368May 12, 2022
ENGINE
Over the past 5 months, approx 6-7 episodes of car putting itself into park or neutral or 'hold' while stopped at traffic light. No loss of power while accelerator engaged.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11463984May 9, 2022
VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Rear camera view is distorted when backing up. Unable to safely see behind you when driving.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11463186May 3, 2022
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicle erratically switches to Park unintentionally. This is an intermittent issue but does occur several times during a drive, pretty much daily. Porsche service couldn't find source of issue, said it was a known issue, but had no fix for it.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11460196April 8, 2022
ENGINE
On 3 separate occasions while at a stop light the car shifted itself into neutral from drive. It’s very unsettling and unsafe. This is a brand new 2022 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11458992March 30, 2022
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The contact owns a 2022 Porsche Taycan. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle shifted into neutral independently, and the vehicle came to a complete stop in the road. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact also stated the electrical functions on the console was inoperable. The contact was unable to shift the vehicle into gear. The contact stated that during the failure there was a message which stated to turn off and restart the vehicle, while the vehicle was still being driven. The contact drove the vehicle home safely and then had the vehicle towed to a local dealer. The vehicle was not yet diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11458091March 24, 2022
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
The Taycan offers what Porsche calls Porsche Innodrive (PID). PID once activated, the car uses navigation information and road signs to automatically adjust the vehicle's speed to the maximum speed limit of the road. In some locations, the vehicle abruptly reduces its speed because PID misreads a Truck Speed Limit sign, e.g.: the vehicle is moving at 65 mph, then it abruptly reduces the speed to 35 mph, which can cause another closely following vehicle to crash into the Taycan.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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